OCR -- Was "Why I Choose Linux"

Janina Sajka janina at cantata.rednote.net
Sun Sep 22 16:11:52 EDT 2002


True, but it's not as if a scanner is an expensive accessory anymore.

Gregory Nowak writes:
> From: Gregory Nowak <greg at romuald.net.eu.org>
> 
> Knowing that the packages you mentioned exist is one thing. Having kernel modules that support the scanner you currently own is another.
> Greg
> 
> 
> On Sun, Sep 22, 2002 at 11:05:55AM -0400, Janina Sajka wrote:
> > Kenny Hitt writes:
> > > console apps.  The only thing I don't have working is OCR.
> > 
> > Have you tried scanimage and gocr? It's not the thoroughly packaged interface, but it meets my needs usually.
> > 
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